90. Colonel NEWMANasked the President of the Board of Education whether he has been able to acquaint himself with what took place at a meeting of the education committee of the London County Council on the 1st instant; whether the policy of economy desired by the ratepayers and enjoined on his Board last year by the Government was derided by co-opted members of the committee, and he himself described as a "lost leader"; will he say what means are available to enforce the policy of economy on this committee; and does he intend to make use of the same in the interests of both taxpayers and ratepayers of the County of London?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Fisher)I have no information on the matter beyond what has appeared in the public Press. I do not think it is for me to intervene between the London County Council and their education committee, or to criticise the utterances of individual members of the committee.
Colonel NEWMANHow is it that these co-opted gentlemen on the committee 2060 talk of the right hon. Gentleman as their "lost leader"?